This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/2504.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My grandmothers name was Luraas, she was from Telemark, Norway. I am from Oslo, Norway:) All i can say about the Luraas family is that somewhere in the row there was a very famous "rose-maler".